Protesters took over a portion of New York City’s iconic Trump Tower on Thursday to demand freedom for Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of pro-Hamas and anti-Semitic protests at Columbia University last year.
Khalil was arrested Saturday in New York City by federal immigration officials who are seeking to deport him.
On Thursday, a group of about 100 people belonging to the pro-Palestinian group Jewish Voice for Peace flooded the area occupied by the Trump Grill restaurant, according to the New York Post.
NOW: NYPD is warning protesters to leave the building or face arrest. The large group continues to occupy Trump Tower. pic.twitter.com/Z1mX5x2CQD
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“You are occupying these premises unlawfully and without permission,” an NYPD officer
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